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Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park Guide Book

by Bert & Jane Gildart (Falcon Publishing)
Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park

96pp/maps
ISBN: 0762734159

Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park includes concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for twenty-six short hikes on well-defined trails through some of the most spectacular scenery and largest red spruce trees within the park. For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuide has set the standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites you to experience the endless adventure and rugged beauty of the great outdoors.

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Trails from the "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park" Guide Book
Displaying trails 1 to 20 of 26.
... Preview: A short hike with a 360-degree view and a real rock scramble toward the summit. Bearfence Mountain (3,640 feet) is one of several summits in the park that command a complete panoramic view: Massanutte ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Big Meadows, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.2 miles
... Preview: Both of these short, enjoyable jaunts offer spectacular views to the west of the surrounding mountains and the Shenandoah Valley. Both also offer a brief chance to stretch your legs after following lo ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Skyland, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 0.3 miles
... Preview: A short loop hike to a rocky summit with a short boulder scramble at the top. The trail stops just short of the summit.To reach it, you must scramble a short distance over a jumble of boulders, but th ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Simmons Gap, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: This short, relatively easy day hike takes you up to a ridge on the Neighbor Mountain Trail and to the Byrds Nest Shelter No. 4, a day-use shelter built in 1965. It is one of four shelters in the park ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Sperryville, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.2 miles
... Preview: A pleasant hike to the top of Calf Mountain, winding through old pastures and some new-growth trees. This short climb up Calf Mountain is delightful, partly because the trail winds through old meadows ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Rockfish, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: This 3.2-mile hike is moderately easy and one of the prettiest hikes in the park. Much of it is through a designated wilderness area. From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Elkton, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.2 miles
... Preview: On this hike, head downhill via the Corbin Cabin Cutoff Trail, ascend via the Nicholson Hollow Trail, and end up on the other side of Skyline Drive by way of the Appalachian Trail. The route passes “F ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Skyland, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.3 miles
... Preview: A short out-and-back hike to one of the park's most popular and easily accessible falls. From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Big Meadows, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.4 miles
... Preview: This short and easy loop makes a delightful history hike to an old homestead area. An interpretive pamphlet, available for a small fee at the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center, will enhance the hike. The tr ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Front Royal, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.2 miles
... Preview: A loop hike to the summit of the park's highest mountain with spectacular views. Toward the summit, foxtail blooms in great abundance; columbine also appears, as does a species of wild geranium. Sever ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Big Meadows, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.8 miles
... Preview: The hike begins on the south side of the Ivy Creek Overlook. Turn south onto the Appalachian Trail and begin a gradual descent amid sassafras, laurel, oak, and pine. The trail then begins to climb and ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Simmons Gap, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.8 miles
... Preview: Lands Run Falls is not especially high, nor can you see the entire falls from the trail. But the setting is lovely, and the trek provides a nice leg stretcher.Woods flanking the trail are dominated by ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Front Royal, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.2 miles
... Preview: A loop trail through the hardwood forest, descending to 81-foot Lewis Spring Falls and climbing out again. Lewis Spring Falls is the fourth highest falls in the park. It’s a beautiful, gentle falls th ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Big Meadows, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.3 miles
... Preview: Limberlost Trail is ADA accessible, the only such trail in the park. Once lined by ancient hemlocks, it can provide inspiration for all. Addie Pollock laid the groundwork for preserving the Limberlost ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Skyland, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.3 miles
... Preview: A fun family hike to the northeast summit of Loft Mountain; views offered at several places. As you approach the summit of Loft Mountain, the trees grow more sparsely and blackberry bushes abound. Aft ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Simmons Gap, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.7 miles
... Preview: Appropriate for families, this hike offers natural history, geology, panoramic views, and folklore. If you have the luxury of time, pick a clear day for this hike and go early in the morning. Sunrise ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Sperryville, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.6 miles
... Preview: A short hike starting from the Skyland complex to an observation platform with delightful views. From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Skyland, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.6 miles
... Preview: An inspiring venture along an easy trail providing insights into Shenandoah's history and wildlife. Explore and let your imagination run loose. Story has it that in 1904 a young minister wanted to bui ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Big Meadows, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: This is a leg stretcher on the Appalachian Trail that leads to a rock overlook offering excellent views of Powell Gap Hollow and the mountains and farmlands to the east. On a late fall or early winter ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Swift Run, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: A moderately difficult hike to a falls, to the retreat of a former US president, and a return along one of the park's higher and more geologically interesting peaks. President Herbert Hoover came to R ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Shenandoah National Park"
Big Meadows, VA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles

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